The European Union’s trade chief Maroš Šefčovič will hold talks with his U.S. counterpart on Tuesday in Paris, an EU spokesman said, following President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs threat.
Trump said that he will hike U.S. levies on EU cars and trucks from this week to 25%, accusing the bloc of not complying with a tariff agreement reached last summer.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told CNBC on Monday that EU officials have not adjusted their tariffs or rules yet despite the pact: “They’ve moved a tariff bill along in the European Parliament. It’s been very slow.”
“After discussing this with our European colleagues over many, many months, the president decided that if the Europeans aren’t implementing the deal right now, then we don’t have to implement all of it either at this time,” Greer added.
The EU dismissed the claim and insisted it remained committed to the deal.
“Since day one, we are implementing the joint statement, and we’re fully committed to delivering on our shared commitments,” EU spokesman Thomas Regnier said.Šefčovič will meet Greer on the margins of a G7 ministerial meeting in Paris on Tuesday, the spokesman added, as he noted talks between the two sides continued at different levels.
